Architecture of the Stadhuis - Antwerp, Belgium

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Antwerp Stadhuis

Also known as:	City Hall
Built:	1561-1565
Designed by:	Cornelis II Floris
Damaged by fire:	1576
Rebuilt:	1579
Renovated	1882-1891
Designed by:	Loys du Foys and Nicolo Scarini
Maximum width:	256 feet
Maximum height:	184 feet
Type:	Government Building
Location:	Grote Markt

The Stadhuis was erected during a time when Antwerp was near the height of its power. Its leaders decided the city needed an administration building befitting a powerful financial and trading center. This building is the result. While small, it is intricately detailed with symbols of might and power throughout. But it's not as complex as other buildings of the time. It is caught between true Gothic style and Flemish Renaissance, perhaps a harbinger of the Spanish invasion which was to come just a few years after it was completed, and caused half of the city's population to flee.

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